title: Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome during pregnancy.
abstract: Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome is a very rare systemic fibrovascular dysplasia. Rupture of angiomas can cause haemorrhages, which sometimes can be severe with difficult bleeding control. The main manifestation is recurrent epistaxis. Treatment of this disorder is symptomatic. During pregnancy, there may be an increased risk of complications. We describe a case of a pregnant woman with Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome. Besides frequent epistaxis and microcytic hypochromic anaemia that resolved with oral iron treatment, she had a normal pregnancy, vaginal delivery and puerperium without complications.
authors.affiliation: Obstetrics Gynaecology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto-Maternidade Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal. dr.inocencio@gmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inocêncio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buchner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology